What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the risk of running unvalidated, non-reproducible backtests that produce untrustworthy trading signals, by enforcing strict authorization gates and mandatory pre/post-run validation checks for quant research workflows.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Strict Authorization Enforcement: Only runs backtests that have passed all prior validation steps (strategy spec build, spec audit, runtime audit) and have a valid backtest_authorization.json file.
- Full Provenance Tracking: Attaches all required audit artifacts, component manifests, and recipe catalogs to the run directory for full traceability.
- Mandatory Post-Run Validation: Automatically runs reproducibility, research bias, and robustness checks on every backtest result to ensure results are trustworthy for trading decisions.
- Use Case: A quant researcher using open-xquant can use this Skill to run a backtest for a new momentum strategy only after the strategy spec has been validated, audited for bias, and had its runtime semantics checked, ensuring the final backtest results are fully reproducible and auditable.
Quick Start
Use the run-authorized-backtest skill to execute the fully authorized and validated backtest for your current quant strategy after all prior validation steps have passed.
